Air pollution: measures to be taken against emission of gaseous pollutants from diesel engines (amend. Directive 88/77/EEC)

The rapporteur criticised the Commission’s tendency to delay implementing the proposed timetable for the information provided for by the existing Directives on pollutants from diesel engines. She also urged the Commission to take over the amendments tabled to prevent any subsequent delays involving the completion of the codecision procedure in question. Commissioner Bangemann supported the amendments of the Committee on the Environment aimed at speeding up the procedure. In fact, the sooner Parliament held its second reading, the better.